10 Artists Nigerians Hunger For Their Albums In 2016

The loads of activities in the ever growing Nigerian music Industry in barely 40 days into the year hints the weight of amazing experience 2016 holds especially for music lovers.
In the previous year certain artists had major bangers and smashing hit singles that made their fans water at the mouth in thirst for more but instead fans were made to meet with ever shifting album release dates and more singles.
Although fans might probably need to know that to release an album is not just some simple ‘Abracadabra’
However, Nigerian music lovers can’t wait to experience collection of songs in terms of album from the following awesome artists in no particular order;
1. Davido


To be fair to Davido, was supposed to release his sophomore album last year, but then, the Sony BMG deal happened. Now there should be no excuse as to why that album can’t be released this year. 2016 will make it four years since his debut album, OBO. Yes, four years, and for one of the biggest artists in Africa that’s getting to be a very long time. The lead singles are already out, and buzzing, this has to be the year. This is the year Davido has to stake him claim as Naija’s hottest artist without question.
2. Wizkid

The starboy is highly expected to drop his 3rd album and 1st under his self-owned Starboy label titled, Imprint.
Wizkid whose album was scheduled for release in 2015 got postponed to this year after 2face’s show last year because he wanted to make sure it was the perfect record for fans.
The album is set to feature quite a number of international music stars such as American R’n’B stars, Chris Brown and Ty Dolla $ign, British-Nigerian rapper; Tinie Tempah amongst others.
The album also features Benionise Grammy award winning act Angelique Kidjo.
3. Lil Kesh

When your boss goes out of his way to call out Don Jazzy, and start one of the biggest beefs in Nigerian music history, then he sees something big in you. With Olamide pulling that move, the expectations for for Lil Kesh has been raised through the roof. Every single he puts out will be judged on that basis, and seeing that Olamide is one of the hardest working artists in the industry, we’ll use that as a baseline for Lil Kesh also. That means, he has to release an album this year. Not long story.
4. Reekado Banks

On the flip side of the Lil Kesh Next Rated argument is the person who actually won the Next Rated award, and that is Reekado Banks. Winning that award already comes with its own pressure, but this year with all the controversy surrounding it, the pressure is on world cup final levels. Even though, Banks, signed to Mavin Records dropped a song shortly after winning the award, the real thing fans will be waiting for is a solo album. A Mavin Records collective album might not be enough.
5. Patoranking

Whayasay!! Patoranking has been one of the top acts in Nigerian music over the past couple of years with dope singles, Girlie O, Alubarika, and My Woman My Everything. However this is the year he needs to put all that work to good, and release an album. The fans are ready now, and we think Patoranking has created a big enough brand that the album will definitely sell. Word is there’s an album in the works, so we just might see it sooner rather than later.
6. Vector

It’s been four years since Vector’s last album, 2nd Coming, was released, and fans might be beginning to get impatient. We understand that Vector had some label issues to sort out, but now that it’s all done, we expect the album to drop soon. With his AK47 mixtape released in 2014, and the huge hit King Kong released in 2015, the only next level up is an album this year.
7. Chidinma

Chidinma has released one and only album, and that was back in 2012 shortly after she was announced as the Project Fame West Africa. Seeing as she won that prestigious talent contest, we’ve had very high hopes for her, especially because we know the talent is clearly there. However with the likes of Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage and co constantly putting out projects, Chidinma is at risk of being left all the way behind. That’s unless of course she drops a solid album this year, then she’ll back in the big leagues.
8. Niyola

EME Queen, Niyola is probably one of the top 5 names on many people’s lips when you talk about the best female singer in Nigeria, but till date she’s yet to release an official album. That makes that best female singer tag hard to validate. Her Label boss, Banky W should stand up to this in order to save her relevancy
9. Kiss Daniel

An album from the G-worldwide act is highly anticipated especially by music critics in order to check acceptance of his style.
Kiss Daniel has however announced he would be dropping an album this year via an open letter to fans after losing out at the Headies 2015.
10. Omawunmi

All hail the queen! There’s no doubt in many people’s minds that when you talk of the best female artist, and performer in Nigeria, Omawumi is at the top of the list. However 2016 will make it 3 years since she released an album, and up until a couple of months ago, hadn’t released much material (we understand cos she just had a baby), but in 2016, we need Omawumi to drop an album, and remind everyone that she’s the real madam at the top.

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